The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-11

4 lJs.per Coafir, Cerespcndsacs
A Casual Glance ~ three formerly
Noted Men.
Leaning up agsinst the cigar stand %
1.-THE National Hotel. quietly pulling : ci-
gar as he careIeseIy twirls small yellow
cane IN his right hand. IL Z man shout
0ny~6ve years OF age, with . face
smoothly shsven. and whose long hair u
now thickly stresked with gray. As ac-
lquaintances pass and speak his long
thin face lights up with : emile ~ he re-
lplies 70 their saIu'Ati0ns, and when they
ARE gone he brushes an imaginary ~
from bic long Roman nose.
| It u hard to realize that ihIs man. -
The otsnde there, dressed IA IN elegant
suit Of black broad cloth, with huge die
ImOnd in his shirt front. and Z black
sI0uch bat on bic head, watching tho
Icrowds - they come and 70, looking the
lpicturc Of health and happiness, and
seemingly st peace with Ill Inc world
Was once : Rebel ChieftAin. with :
Ipierceing eye and priaceIy air, half an
|geI and half Lucifer. whose sword We
Ias swim % eerpent's tongue, and Whoo0
jname was . word Of terror 20 every
Union family that lived on the border
line q freedom, General Johs Sineelson
Nosby.
when the var was over Gen. Mosby
was quick TO seize hold OF bic opportus
Iuities, and joining the party in poWsr 10
Ibecasne warm personal friend Of Gen.
Grant, and In 1878. through 6rant's in
fluence be was sent 10 Hong Kong. Chis
lus, - United States Counsul, which
Ipisce be retained until be Was recalled
loy the prssent Mugwump Admiuistra-
tion.
| Tho bravest man IN the Confederacy."
was the enc0nium pronounced BY exs
! President Jefferson Dsvie. Of the Con-
fedeIste States, on that smiIing gentle.
sOan whom / saw tonight setting In .
'Ichair at The Hatio0sl Hotel, surrounded
lby : circle Of admiring friends. This
man, Mr.. or General Baxil Duke, was =
Irregular commissioned officer and a.
|tached 10 Morgan's command. Aud il
lie claimed BY some OF his friends that
|he was the 'brains" OF Morgan's corcs.
/ He u tall we'll built man about i've
4 sest ten inches high with broad shoulders,
|and csrr;es bis head erect. wears : very
heavy mustache and goatee. One can.
mot help but noticing his heavy square
ljawe. He wears his snustache - ho
lId0es, We believe, 90 ~ 10 partly conceal
1.-THE very heavy csst Of HE lower or in
Iferior maxiIlarys. At present he h
wearing An ordinary everyday kind Of
Il black derby hat, dark cut away suit
lot clothes, = red silk scarf, aud : very
heavy gold watch guard.
NJ A. be leans against one Of the columns
LOT The hotel oil;e his chevalies presence
n and graceful altitude renders ID easy tor
line imagination 20 picture him twou-
,ltv-four years ago. when flushed with I'll
tine fire aud prssion Of youth, snd wear
ling : black sOmbrero with : plume 81
lsnow. while over his uniform Of grey
lcareleesiy hung silken sash. from which
!, a sshimgIy sWung : sword Of steel. en-
lcased ID oliver shcath chased with gold,
while his high top boots. with bell spurs
THAT dashed and dangled at biz heels, rom
Idered him IN ideal nIlibustering chief
who had pledged HE maiden sword %
tine cause OF the "6tsrs and Bars"
d But aIi Of that was twenty-five years
Iago, and time has wrought such changes
that to-day he is the very humble and
IObedient servant or the Government
which be then sous ht 70 dismember \.
II
u Quietly walking up and down The bob.
10y 0f WilIard's Hotel, almost any day
lmsy be seen On old MIN. small 0f stafuro,
with sm0oth pale face, and large grey
: 'lmuslache, and Who will take you kindly
slby the hand and look Il you through the
.lcloarest Of steel grey eyes a y0u cas-
Ilualiy ssy, Good dav. General Pioas-
tlantou,~ and u the slightest mention Of
'l.havin' somethin,,r be will inform you
that for the once he Will Join you, and
lee you lead the way TO the adjoining
.Ir00m for liquid refreshsDents, he will
'Ir0mmonce conversation on some topic
|os The day. or listen Quietlv 70 any opin.
|. lion you may advance. He soon cons
Ivsnces you By bic department that he Il
IL perfect gentleman. In other wOrdl
1.-The old Wess Point habits or courtesy
'Istili remain. Ifyou speak Of the war hG
!. will Get down q table and . long u
YOU keep bis glass llled be will tell yOu
: In my stories of those DARK days. I'll The
while assuring you that the cameo Of tho
War's long duration was owing % tbe
-lIace OF every State organizing its OWL
: -ltrOops, thereby forming . rope 81
+ lsand.S whereas if the United Stated
nl3overnment had ovgsnised an army u
nslthe beginning otthe var, they could hav(
. scrushed tho rebellion inside OF year
lHe sslll wears : semI.miIisary cloak, d
q eremembrrsnce Of days gone By. we cup
y pose. The recent publication Of some 0|
r lhis letters 20 Secretary Of War. Stanton
. from the Aeld. advising the purchase d
. General Mosby, has excited considerabl'
o here, and some people though
.sIthat there would b. duel hotWeen III
yltwo parties, but nothing hss come of u
sIThers % very little about Gen. Az 4
o PleasAnton, Of to-day, 70 remind one .
y the dashIng Cavalry 0fIcer Of 1854
-land Who mndea name for "PIeasautos'